Im not a Big Book reader ( or a little book lol ) Time restraints and distractions mainly and have too many things to do to sit down long enough to absorb them, and if i was reading one? thats what i want to do and fully read with intent the Book in Question,
all that said.... whats the Best book youve read? and why??? and whats it about etc: ?

if you cant find what your looking for in Waterstones???? :-p

chris Eubanks autobiography and Micheal Jackson;Music and the madness.

Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner

It's not about the bike - Lance Armstrong

Non-fiction - Seven Troop by Andy McNab

Fiction - No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth

Sporting - All Played Out by Pete Davies

Terry Pratchett - Soul music, going postal or any of his really

Richard Patterson North - silent witness

James Patetrson - Alex Cross Series

John Adair - Not Bosses But Leaders

Spencer Johnson - Who moved my cheese

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay

A New Earth Eckhart Tolle

Some books which I loved reading...

Al Pacino - Biography
Frank Sinatra - An American Legend
Rage of Angels - Sydney Sheldon (amazing!!)
Jeffery Deaver - Twisted
Jeffery Deaver - The Bone Collector
John Grisham - A Time to Kill (The film is also brilliant)
James Patterson - Kiss The girls

Tony robbins awaken the giant within

steven covey 7 habits

non fiction - god is not great

fiction - the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R R Martin. Easily the best fantasy fiction ever written. Tolkien holds nothing to this guy.

Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion
Paul Ferris & Reg McKay - Vandetta
Joe Calzaghe - Autobiography, No Ordinary Joe.

The Lord of the rings
The lion the witch and the wardrobe
Of mice and men
The wind in the willows

Autobiography's....Nigel Benn,Ranulph Fiennes,Ricki Hatton,Ozzy Osbourne!

Parts of the bible....

lol the book of revelation is always good for a laugh

The Iceman (its about Richard kuklinski a mafia contract killer)

Iv read eubanks hatton and calzage books, eubanks was ok, hatton and calzages were shite. Hatton never stops with the "no one ever thought young ricky hatton, boy next door, have a pint, tell a joke, normal lad, same as you and me". Gets too much

bloke who lived next to door to me wasnt called Ricky Hatton, so he's blatantly fucking lying

best book ive read "there is a happy land" by keith waterhouse it will remind everyone of there childhoods on council estates. Best sporting biography hurricane if you were a fan of alex higgins you wont be after reading this hes an even bigger twat than what i thought. The green mile books by stephen king are quality too

read loads of boxing books....... totrally agree with paul, never liked calzaghe s book much either, thought hattons was ok but thats it, 'the big if' about johnny owen is good and so is four kings, liked hands of stone as well!!

lance armstrong s first book is really good as well as is michael watsons

short list of the books i keep going back to

In Search of Schrodinger's Cat- John Gribbin (great intro to quantum physics)
A brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking (a classic)
God is not great (and why religion spoils everything) - Christopher Hitchens( the mans a legend)
What does E=MC2 mean and why is it important - Brian Cox ( brilliantly explained)
LOTR - Tolkien (read them about 15 times since i was 12)
complete Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle (40 years of writing the one character and still keeps him fresh and interesting)
The blind watchmaker - Richard Dawkins (written like a symphony)
The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins (thank god for this man)
The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - Douglas Adams (outstanding writing for the time, Adams is held in high regard in the scientific community a true literary legend)
The Moons a Balloon - David Niven (lived the most amazing life)
Bad Science - Ben Goldacre (the truth about omega3 Gillian mckeith, vitamins, acupuncture, homeopathy and the drugs industry)
In gods Name - David yallop (insight into the murder of Pope John 1)
Surely your joking Mr Feynman - Richard Feynman (one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, and lived an unbelievable life)

also some Shakespeare,Michio Kaku,Terry Pratchett and that Potter Kid

stevie

look at me, i'm stevie, I read loads of books

Greg Braden - Devine Matrix

Interesting batch guys and thanks for sharing and All the Books arnt a million miles in connections im guessing and im sure it tells a lot about the person what type of Books people / we read? !

Im fine...and Dandy... lol oh thats a comic (joke ) sorry Taxi

Beano man myself ;-)

# Life of Pi by Yann Martel (has a deeper meaning to it)
The folowing are easy read though:
# Porno by Irvine Welsh (follow up to Trainspotting) was laugh out loud funny in places
# Frank Skinners autobiography was OK
# and appropriate for this forum Private Dancer by Stephen Leather, its been said before that anyone going to Thailand should read. You can down load .pdf file from Web for free and its also published now

the Harry Potter series!

not very intellectual i know but love them all!

also, golden compass, the subtle knife & amber spyglass by philip pulman

the chronicles of narnia-all of them

lord of the rings-all of them

the bartiemus trilogy by jonathon stroud

also love the robert ludlum books that the bourne trilogy is based on, had never read one before till jordan lent me one at jitti's last year and i could not put it down, they are awesome but not really like the films, but you have to keep reading them and i love books like that!

Private dancer is esential, if it doesn't make sence give it 2 months

a good book is a good companion

not the best book i've ever read, but 'The Damage Done' by an Aussie who gets done for drug dealing in Thailand is a gripping read.

wasnt it Indonesia he was banged up in?

oops no i know the book

best book i read as a teenager was delta of venus by anais nin probabaly the reason i have bad eyesight too....read it back to front more than once till the pages finally stuck together lol

Urban Grimshaw & the Shed Crew - Bernard Hare

This book was written by a friend of mine and is based on a true story, so that's why it's at the top of my list!

Also love anything by Irvine Welsh and Roddy Doyle.

Sniper One, was number one in the book charts a while ago, true story by an English sniper in Iraq/Afgahnistan, really opened my eyes to what actually happens out there!

Definitely worth a read

i just read micheal barrymore's autobiography and it was suprisingly very good!! recommend it

(i didn't buy it, i had nothing else to read and it was lying about in the gym.... just thought i'd point that out!)

also recently read Four Kings by George Kimball bout Leonard, Hearns, Hagler and Duran which i borrowed off liam. quality!!!

Ricky Hattons Autobiography is pants.
Everybody raves about "watch my back" Geoff Thompson,I thought it was dated and boring.

darren thats my four kings book that i gave to liam hahha.make sure you bring it back lol

Kite Runner has got to be one of the best that I have read. Read it last year after it was recommended by a guy at work - couldn't put it down and I'm not a big reader.

Also read Lord of the Rings which has to be right up there.

Just finished "Last Seen in Bangkok" by Dom Lavin who comes on here sometimes and I thought I'd give him a plug...!!!

JamieW - I read "Kite Runner" after a recommendation from My son who read it at school.

It really brings a human face to what we usually just see on the news.

And... Steve Nisbet - respect !!

Hawkins to Potter !!!! I Like it!

A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz
Suitable Boy - Rohinton Mistry

Anything by Graham Greene, Ian Mcewan, Irvine Welsh or James Ellroy

Best Sports Books:

Unforgivable Blackness - Jack Johnsons biography (BRILLIANT)

Hands of Stone - Roberto Duran biography

A Fighters Heart - Sam Sheridan
I highly reccomend this; it's about a guy who travels to Thailand, Brazil, America and trains, he has an MMA and Muay Thai fight on his journeys. Very well written.

A Fraction of the Whole - Steve Toltz
Suitable Boy - Rohinton Mistry

Anything by Graham Greene, Ian Mcewan, Irvine Welsh or James Ellroy

" A modern history of Muay Thai" by Rob Cox

The Pianist - about one man and his family's struggle against the nazis's persecution of the jews and other minorities set in warsaw. True story and also a film,Wow!

Calcio - History of italian football (john foot)

War, baby (kevin mitchell)

At school we did 1984 and Doctor Faustus for English lit. Really left an impression on me.
1984 is particularly relevant nowadays.

Dark Trade by Donald McRae's a good read, as is the Hurricane, though after a bit of google research I'm still unsure whether he popped em' or not. All the other boxing auto's I agree are pretty boring, though I'm keen to read Michael Watsons 'The Biggest Fight' as I hear is motivational, and I'd also like to read the Teddy Atlas autobiography.

Marching Powder (about a prison in Bolivia)
Jack Dempsy and the roaring 20's
Bartley Gorman King of the Gypsey's
Unforgivable Blackness and The Shed Crew are both class books
Tarmac Warrior (about illegal fight game some crazy fights)
God Delusions very intresting book as it matched my own veiws on religion

Being Italian love my mafia books Donnie Brasco's quality and also The Last Godfather.
Also read a book called Crack House about a copper in London who went round busting crack dealers

heard marching powder is quality, san pedro prison in la paz bolivia, the only prison that is run totaly by the prisoners, when someone goes inside their wife and kids move in with them and rent a room, some guys inside are big timers and have mint pads with all the trimmings.

Herrcut Kite Runner is an awesome read the movie really lets it down though

JP - funny that!! the movie was on Sky when I was reading the book and I avoided it like the plague !!

I read it after my son who is 15 and never reads said it was a great book!!

I think it should be read by more people as it really changes your perspective of the situation in Afgahnistan - I was left understanding that there was a "Before" and you start to have a little understanding why we are there. It gives a human face to things..

And Nephilim I only just got the JOKE !!


Book of Revelations - Very Dry !! LOL

Herrcutt , i think you will find its proximity to the Caspian and the recent "discovery" (apparently) of trillions of dollars of precious commodities under afghan soil might have something to do with it.
Why "we" are there?!
Dont be fooled by mainstream media with the "our boys" talk ; these are just boys and they are being traded for a political agenda, a handful of medals for a mother receiving a corpse .Dont be fooled that it was the outrages of the Taliban or "Al Qaeda"(never proven to be anything other than a cia concoction) which provoked the invasion, no one has ever been "liberated" solely for humanitarian reasons. Ask yourself why nobody stepped in in Rwanda or Cambodia til it was all done.
And no one has found Bin Laden yet.

I really like ben elton's style of writing.

High society its a very good read, really gripping book. Also dead famous is worth a read.

Very good fiction writer

Hey HAWKMAN no need for the education... - I was careful to say a "little" understanding ! Not full all out belief. When I read the book it put for me another face on my perspective of the people and I was left with an image that there was a "Before". And as usual in all conflicts.. most of the people affected are just ordinary.

The reality is that despite our reasons for having troops there being whatever you like to pereceive.... the ordinary people seem to need someone to stand up for them... that was the feeling I had when I read the book...

I also dont subscribe to the "its their problem let them sort it out syndrome" anymore as you almost cried out when reading the book for someone to step in and protect the Father of the main Character as his life deteriorated from a proud man to hiding from the and fleeing his country. So when you read the book and feel that someone should help.... then your perspective changes a "little"

Its not pity but a sense that people (Ordinary individuals) have the right to not live in persecution ??

herrcutt sorry didnt mean to try and educate

i just get so angry about it all!

Yeah I understand that - you ever read the book ??

I changed my views after watching Zeitgeist and doing a bit of background studying. I hear what you are saying about 'wars' and political agenda's.....

Funny thing about Zeitgeist is, how many people have viewed it and nothing can be done to stop it. You watch and learn but are still powerless.

youre right adam davids

fact is to undo what has been done would mean a collapse of the entire banking system, the military industrial complex, basically everyone deciding not to use money anymore and deny the existence of all forms of territory and government. the world would grind to a halt. its not going to happen

Anthony Bourdain- "Kitchen confidential" and his follow on " A cooks tour".

If you have never worked in a "real" kitchen it may be ok. But if you ever worked in this area you will understand.

Zeitgeist

what does it mean guys? i looked up a translation/definition and still didnt get it.

Paulinthailnad

All the money in the world comes from a central bank, these lend money to countrys and goverments. Its claimed they create wars so the goverments have to lend money off them to sustain conflict. Then this increases the profits of the international bankers. So a few bellends get super rich.

Rumoured to of created

The great depression
Attacks on pearl harbour
9/11

Just shit loads of conspiricy theorys

Back to books - I just finished - John Grisham - innocent Man at the weekend - Good Read !!! Great for a Holiday book !

Like Herrcutt says give Kite Runner a read you'll not want to put it down great insightful book.

In The Hell of it All, Charlie Brooker points out the obvious problem with the conspiracy theories: paperwork. Most people can tell when a pen is misplaced from their desk, so arranging to demolish a large office building or shift large amounts of money around with no one noticing suggests a level of organization and competence that governments don't normally display. As he says: "Imagine the paperwork. Imagine the level of planning, recruitment, coordination, control, and unbelievable nerve required to pull of a conspiracy of that magnitude. Really picture it in detail. At the very least you're talking about hiring hundreds of civil servants cold hearted enough to turn a blind eye to the murder of thousands of their fellow countrymen. If you were dealing with faultless, emotionless robots - maybe. But this almighty conspiracy was presumably hatched and executed by fallible humans. And if there's one thing we know about humans, it's that our inherent fallibility will always derail the simplest of schemes."

Another of my own favourite books is How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered The Earth by Francis Wheen. It's very hard to take things like management consultants seriously once you've read it.

Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut

quite witty and funny

mh - I have never taken anything that consultants say seriously !

Consultants are the real devil in disguise and have the whole world dancing to their interpretation of legislation and management requirements !! LOL

anyone read Filth by Irvin Welsh, funny as fuck just finished reading it couldnt put the thing down. genuis that fella.

agree with paul about hattons he gets way too preachy with the lad next door patter. Gets on your tits after a bit,

Reading Last of the Mohicans just now





















......maybe take a while :P

the Last Lecture... Randy Pausch

if you want owalk on water, Get out of the boat....John Ortberg

the bible... various.... especially the book of hebrews, Psalm 144....

marching powder by rusty long

I read the book of genesis the other day. That bloody snake!

Just near the end of Stephen Kings "The Dome" - has been pretty good - the ending had better be good !

talking about conspiracy theories, I like a good one as much as the next man but zeitgeist really does kick the arse out of them.

as for the bible i wouldn't let my kids read it its probably one of the most disgusting books ever written,

mh im going to try that mumbo jumbo book, looks really good

on conspiracy theories, remember the one kicking around about the moon landings, have a look at this

Just bought Private Dancer and Marching Powder going to give them a read on holiday.

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

marching powder is a great read.

Now reading "A thousand splendid suns" another great book !!

Halfway through marching powder what a read!

michael moore - dude wheres my country.

a great book with some truly shocking facts about the business dealings between the Bush family (Snr and Jr), the Bin Ladens and the Saudi Royal family

Interesting Stevie is there more re; that clip please?

Here you go Sandy
Part 1 the rest should be a click away



also check out how to make a star on earth

thanku sir

I went to a book-signing by Steven Hawkings once.
I was there quite some time.

I bought a book about glue
I couldnt put it down

warren fellows..the damage done.. 12 years in bangkok hell... caught smuggling cocaine and locked up in the big tiger.. i know was his own fault but you start to feel really sorry for him.

Also gascoigns book really sad and funny.

pinhead just seen your post. iv read it 3x..poor fooker.

Been a good thread this. I've bought 3 of the recommendations thus far and still awaiting to buy 'Marching Powder' off E-bay. Sounds like some good reading coming up when I go on my jollies on 30th Nov. Cheers peeps.

which 3 titles you bought?

mh
regarding conspiracy theories and no one knowing, just think how many people worked on the Manhattan project for so many years, first thing anyone knew about it was when there was a fucking huge bang one morning in Hiroshima.

Hi Soldier. My apologies, I've got just two of the reccomendations thus far, with 'Marching Powder' yet to come.
I've got 'Tarmac warrior' and 'The Damage Done'. The 3'rd book is called 'Reefer Man' that the missus bought, but not a reccomendation.
TBH, it's the missus, not myself, who buys all the books on E-bay. She's a big reader and most of the purchases are in great condition.

knobsy damage done is a "tear jerker" MAKE SURE YOU GT PLENTY KLEENEX. NT IN A NAUGHTY BEING NICE TO YOURSELF WAY!! LOL

LOL ... I'll ask the missus to bid for some Kleenex on E-bay then pal. I just hope I dont get 'used' ones.

oooooooh thats sick lol

Sorry Soldier, I wasn't feeling myself when I posted that up. God , there I go again with sexual innuendo ..... this has got to stop !! :-)

its al gud haha

Hi guys.

Thought i'd ressurect this thread as I purchased quite a few of the reccomendations last year, for reading on my jollies.

I only ever seriously read when on holiday and have got 2 weeks coming up in September. Hence the request for any other books folk reccomend that they have read since this thread went quiet ?? Cheers in anticipation.

Ive just read 2 book by christopher Hitchens i would heartily recomend, Hitch 22, and letters to a young contrarian, I have recently finished Stephen Fry's Autobiography which was excellent

Stevie

nice-1

p.s. just read
the beano annual 1999 ;-p lol ;-0 ;-p ;-0 ;-)

Congratulations Sandy, thats great progress

well first i read spot goes to the Farm, then Runaway Bunny, then law books , mainly , councillor....

Shove all that and get with George R R Martin's new book!

addict by stephen smith
it was being made into a movie but not heard any more.

Rage of Angels - Sidney Sheldon. Brilliant book.

Thanks for input folks. Reviewing a few as we speak.

thanks stevie nesquick try to keep up though :-p

Maybe you can pass me on the book your reading just now, once your finished with the crayons that is

like i said keep up....... your a few behind :-p and Crayolas on their way up
Well read doesnt make you liked stevie :-)

they "DONT Make Statues from CRITICS" x

or strange wee dwarfs
and if your gonna take a pop at me your gonna get one back

Fancy the Stephen fry autobiography,Stevie.Read a few peoples auto's some good some bad.
The DaVinci code i liked and just started Girl with the dragon tattoo.
Also,I'm reading Transform your life by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

Hi Chalky, its a good read, if you like it try Moab is my wash-pot, which recounts his early life and is a riveting if uncomfortable read

Stevie

Thanks pal,I'll take a look.
btw books are cheap on ebay,and a good way to recycle.

strange wee dwarfs lol and what pop did i have
Mr ? i dont recall having a pop at you or you paranoid wee fat man?

ya that well read you missed the Pop was at me
i put Nice-1

and ive just read the beano annual 1999
thats was a P take of ME
guess practicallity and common sense gets lost in intalectuality lol

ya that well read you missed the Pop was at me
i put Nice-1

and ive just read the beano annual 1999
thats was a P take of ME
guess practicallity and common sense gets lost in interlectuality lol

The last two posts made me chuckle

Chuckle brothers lol

didnt miss it , i was agreeing with it,

Just bought "rage of angels" so thats next to read.

Razzle.

you 2 me ste me 3 you sandee sandy lol lmao i laugh at me

2 of our favourites are a fighters heart, and rich dad poor dad. Great books!

I havent had the time to read a book in a while but the one i did read along time ago was buddy holly. Watched the movie. It was funny.

rich Dad poor dads good

Hope you like it Chalky, I couldn't put it down.. great book.

Just recently back from my jollies and read 'Sniper one'. Absolutely brilliant. I believe it's a No.1 best-seller to boot.
Also, am half-way through 'The Iceman'. Now that is one tough geezer, sick in the head though !!!

Both books were reccommended on here I think. Cheers guys.

:-)



and


"Its NOT How Good You are, Its How GOOD You Want To Be"

OK last couple of months

Just finished Gary Kemps autobiography - Good Read

Now started - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - am hooked so far

Also eaten last month "The Book Thief" which was really really good

Tried reading a Brian Moore (Bio) think its was his third LOL - sorry Brian if you aint in the rugby click its a loser !

Oh and found a Mauve Binchy book by the pool on Holiday call whitethorn woods - loved it LMAO (Dont tell anyone but all her books are great for holiday reading)

the secret :-}

Kite Runner class film not up to much also the General about martin cahill & IRA

Labryinth, Sepulchre and The Winter Ghosts. All three by Kate Mosse. Great reads.

K :)

I posted a list of a few books I liked previously on this thread, however after reading a book by a guy I consider a friend, I strongly suggest you all read it.

'Mandown' by Mark Ormond. Its a true story... its his story & the guy is exceptional..staggering book which massively humbled me. Have a read please everyone xx